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Political Participation, Diffused Governance, and the Transformation of Democracy: Patterns of Change book cover

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Political Participation, Diffused Governance, and the Transformation of Democracy Patterns of Change

By Yvette Peters Copyright 2018
252 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Although democratic governments have introduced a number of institutional reforms in part intended to increase citizens’ political involvement, studies show a continued decline in regular political engagement. This book examines different forms of political participation in democracies, and in what way the delegation of public responsibilities—or, the diffusion of politics—has affected patterns... Read more

Part I: The Changing Democratic System  1. Patterns of Change  2. The Three Sides of the Coin: Unpacking Political Participation  3. Structuring Diffusion: Explaining Levels of Political Participation  Part II: Patterns of Participation: The Impact of Competence Diffusion  4. Participation and Horizontal Diffusion  5. Participation and Vertical Diffusion  6. Political Participation and Diagonal Diffusion  Part III: Democracy at the Crossroads? Some Conclusions  7. Levels of Political Participation and Multi-Directional Diffusion  8. Patterns of Change: Diffused Democracy

Biography

Yvette Peters is a Researcher at the University of Bergen, Norway, and has been Assistant Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, before that.

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